Diane Harris-Cline
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Associate Professor, History and Classics. My work experiments with the application of Actor-Network Theory, entanglement, materiality studies, archaeology of the senses, and Social Network Analysis methodologies to the social history of ancient Greece. I am also continuing my research into the treasures kept on the Acropolis of Athens through Greek epigraphy.
TEACHING INTERESTS
I have taught 104 courses on topics related to Greek History, Greek Art and Archaeology, Greek and Latin Literature, Classical Mythology, and Digital Humanities.
EDUCATION
Princeton University, Ph.D. Classical Archaeology. 1991
In residence, American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 1987-90. Fulbright Scholar and two additional year-long fellowships from the ASCSA (Vanderpool and Spitzer Fellowships) for dissertation research.
Princeton University; M.A. Classical Archaeology. 1986.
Stanford University, A.B. Classics, Greek and Latin, with Distinction. 1983.
Supervisors: T. Leslie Shear, Jr.
Associate Professor, History and Classics. My work experiments with the application of Actor-Network Theory, entanglement, materiality studies, archaeology of the senses, and Social Network Analysis methodologies to the social history of ancient Greece. I am also continuing my research into the treasures kept on the Acropolis of Athens through Greek epigraphy.
TEACHING INTERESTS
I have taught 104 courses on topics related to Greek History, Greek Art and Archaeology, Greek and Latin Literature, Classical Mythology, and Digital Humanities.
EDUCATION
Princeton University, Ph.D. Classical Archaeology. 1991
In residence, American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 1987-90. Fulbright Scholar and two additional year-long fellowships from the ASCSA (Vanderpool and Spitzer Fellowships) for dissertation research.
Princeton University; M.A. Classical Archaeology. 1986.
Stanford University, A.B. Classics, Greek and Latin, with Distinction. 1983.
Supervisors: T. Leslie Shear, Jr.
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As co-directors of the Social Networks of Athenian Potters (SNAP)
project from 2017 – 2021, we have experimented with social network analysis to
map the networks of painters and potters in Archaic and Classical Athens dating
between 600 – 400 BCE (snap.sbs.arizona.edu). We use sociograms to visualize
connections between the artists and SNA metrics to understand individuals’
roles in network terms, find clusters within the components, and then learn more
about the topology and characteristics of the network as a whole. The data is
derived from catalogues of vase painters who worked in the Kerameikos of ancient
Athens, using techniques known as black-figure and red-figure. We have
previously published the black-figure elsewhere; here we are concerned with the
non-directed bimodal red-figure network composed of 13 components with 1,067
nodes and 1,583 edges. Most of the sociogram shows disassortative mixing, but
we have identified one area which appears to be assortative and which we believe
draws as close as possible to being representative of a social network of a community
of contemporary artisans, to the extent that our data allows. This group of
70 artists with 94 ties between them is unusual in terms of its topological structure.
The rest of the red-figure network appears to be disassortative, with high degree
nodes in the center of a cluster and low degree affiliates.
Published in The Ties That Bind. Ancient Politics and Network Research. Journal of Historical Network Research, edited by Wim Broekaert, Elena Köstner, and Christian Rollinger, 4:36–56.
Social Network Analysis is a tool that can be applied when a data set has many relationships and one wants to see what is going on as a whole. It can be used for places (trade partnerships or theoroi and their voyages), things (distributions of pot sherds or stamped bricks, sculptors and their collaborations), or people. The sources can come from archaeology or epigraphy or texts, as in this experiment. Using Plato’s dialogues and some letters, the resulting network maps allow us to see a model of the social world of Socrates all in one place. The network consists of 186 individuals, of whom 120 have direct relations with Socrates. All together, the 186 people have 481 ties between them; the average individual has five relationships, while the median is three. A tie is defined as any occurrence in the text where the two people are physically together in the same room, or meet each other on the road, or know each other. I also included cases where someone mentions another person in a way suggesting that they know each other.
The method for collecting the pairs of names is demonstrated by using the first few lines of Xenophon’s Symposium. The various images (sociograms) show which people are peripheral and which are central inside the network of Socrates. A discussion of SNA metrics points to the friends who were closest to him, and how this list compares to the inner circles described in ancient texts.
identified more than 1.000 potters and painters for over 20.000 black-figured and red-figured vases. His attributions, often critiqued for the opacity of his methodology, have remained
largely unchallenged and yet are still central to stylistic analysis of these pots. Our project,
entitled Social Networks of Athenian Potters, is the first to apply Social Network Analysis to visualize, quantify, and evaluate these associations and interconnections, moving beyond linear lists of painters and potters and encouraging scholars to obtain a synoptic view of
the Athenian Kerameikos. The visualizations of the SNA reframe artisans into their roles as facilitators, bridges, and innovators.
IG II2, 1498-1501A, an inventory list compiled by the
treasurers of Athena, provides important evidence for
bronze statuary on the Acropolis of Athens. The inscribed
stele is preserved in five fragments, two of which join. It
is likely to have been composed during the reorganization
of the Acropolis proposed by Lycurgus in 335 B.C., and
reflects a conscious policy of enhancement and rejuvenation
of Athena's sanctuary through the manufacture of
new dedications and cult equipment for the Acropolis.
Since none of the 25 listed statues has survived, the descriptions
provide valuable insight into the types of statues
present on the Acropolis in the fourth century B.C. A
remarkably large proportion (20%) of the listed statues
are depictions of children. The number of cult-related
sculptures such as owls and Palladia are, however, fewer
than might have been expected. Several of the statues are
described as being in some state of disrepair, which may
indicate dedication dates as early as the beginning of the
fourth century. Prosopographical information concerning
the dedicants may also be gleaned from these inscriptions.
Drafts by Diane Harris-Cline
dedicated on the Acropolis in the Archaic period were linked with
the humans and human activities, spaces, and temporal aspects involved
in leaving an object on the Acropolis. Actor-network theory is applied
to two inscriptions, IG I3 510 and IG I3 4, showing how the treasurers,
Acropolis staff, and worshipers negotiated activities and behaviors on the
Acropolis. Through relational materiality, we can follow the technologies,
material objects, traditions, and visitor experiences associated with
bronze objects on the Acropolis of Athens and find them central to the
creation and maintenance of the sanctuary as a sacred space.
Books by Diane Harris-Cline
Publisher: Université de Liège, Histoire de l'art et archéologie de la Grèce antique, 1998.
ISBN: 9780198149408
ISBN 9781426216701
CV by Diane Harris-Cline
Each publication entry has a link, whenever possible, to the text; this is the best way to find them.
As co-directors of the Social Networks of Athenian Potters (SNAP)
project from 2017 – 2021, we have experimented with social network analysis to
map the networks of painters and potters in Archaic and Classical Athens dating
between 600 – 400 BCE (snap.sbs.arizona.edu). We use sociograms to visualize
connections between the artists and SNA metrics to understand individuals’
roles in network terms, find clusters within the components, and then learn more
about the topology and characteristics of the network as a whole. The data is
derived from catalogues of vase painters who worked in the Kerameikos of ancient
Athens, using techniques known as black-figure and red-figure. We have
previously published the black-figure elsewhere; here we are concerned with the
non-directed bimodal red-figure network composed of 13 components with 1,067
nodes and 1,583 edges. Most of the sociogram shows disassortative mixing, but
we have identified one area which appears to be assortative and which we believe
draws as close as possible to being representative of a social network of a community
of contemporary artisans, to the extent that our data allows. This group of
70 artists with 94 ties between them is unusual in terms of its topological structure.
The rest of the red-figure network appears to be disassortative, with high degree
nodes in the center of a cluster and low degree affiliates.
Published in The Ties That Bind. Ancient Politics and Network Research. Journal of Historical Network Research, edited by Wim Broekaert, Elena Köstner, and Christian Rollinger, 4:36–56.
Social Network Analysis is a tool that can be applied when a data set has many relationships and one wants to see what is going on as a whole. It can be used for places (trade partnerships or theoroi and their voyages), things (distributions of pot sherds or stamped bricks, sculptors and their collaborations), or people. The sources can come from archaeology or epigraphy or texts, as in this experiment. Using Plato’s dialogues and some letters, the resulting network maps allow us to see a model of the social world of Socrates all in one place. The network consists of 186 individuals, of whom 120 have direct relations with Socrates. All together, the 186 people have 481 ties between them; the average individual has five relationships, while the median is three. A tie is defined as any occurrence in the text where the two people are physically together in the same room, or meet each other on the road, or know each other. I also included cases where someone mentions another person in a way suggesting that they know each other.
The method for collecting the pairs of names is demonstrated by using the first few lines of Xenophon’s Symposium. The various images (sociograms) show which people are peripheral and which are central inside the network of Socrates. A discussion of SNA metrics points to the friends who were closest to him, and how this list compares to the inner circles described in ancient texts.
identified more than 1.000 potters and painters for over 20.000 black-figured and red-figured vases. His attributions, often critiqued for the opacity of his methodology, have remained
largely unchallenged and yet are still central to stylistic analysis of these pots. Our project,
entitled Social Networks of Athenian Potters, is the first to apply Social Network Analysis to visualize, quantify, and evaluate these associations and interconnections, moving beyond linear lists of painters and potters and encouraging scholars to obtain a synoptic view of
the Athenian Kerameikos. The visualizations of the SNA reframe artisans into their roles as facilitators, bridges, and innovators.
IG II2, 1498-1501A, an inventory list compiled by the
treasurers of Athena, provides important evidence for
bronze statuary on the Acropolis of Athens. The inscribed
stele is preserved in five fragments, two of which join. It
is likely to have been composed during the reorganization
of the Acropolis proposed by Lycurgus in 335 B.C., and
reflects a conscious policy of enhancement and rejuvenation
of Athena's sanctuary through the manufacture of
new dedications and cult equipment for the Acropolis.
Since none of the 25 listed statues has survived, the descriptions
provide valuable insight into the types of statues
present on the Acropolis in the fourth century B.C. A
remarkably large proportion (20%) of the listed statues
are depictions of children. The number of cult-related
sculptures such as owls and Palladia are, however, fewer
than might have been expected. Several of the statues are
described as being in some state of disrepair, which may
indicate dedication dates as early as the beginning of the
fourth century. Prosopographical information concerning
the dedicants may also be gleaned from these inscriptions.
dedicated on the Acropolis in the Archaic period were linked with
the humans and human activities, spaces, and temporal aspects involved
in leaving an object on the Acropolis. Actor-network theory is applied
to two inscriptions, IG I3 510 and IG I3 4, showing how the treasurers,
Acropolis staff, and worshipers negotiated activities and behaviors on the
Acropolis. Through relational materiality, we can follow the technologies,
material objects, traditions, and visitor experiences associated with
bronze objects on the Acropolis of Athens and find them central to the
creation and maintenance of the sanctuary as a sacred space.
Publisher: Université de Liège, Histoire de l'art et archéologie de la Grèce antique, 1998.
ISBN: 9780198149408
ISBN 9781426216701
Each publication entry has a link, whenever possible, to the text; this is the best way to find them.